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Migration may cause not only a brain drain but also a civicness drain, leading to an uncivicness trap. We study this … explain this finding in a model in which Civic and Uncivic types balance hope vs. fear of migration outcomes, taking into …
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Our research analyzes the effect of changes in migration policies and the accession to the European Union of former …
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relatives (especially maternal grandmothers) who originate in the north of Italy, and who share common cultural characteristics …
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immigration event in 16th century Italy. We demonstrate that despite the substantial time since migration these communities still … likelihood of assimilation of immigrant groups to local norms, particularly in cases of large-scale migration. …
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Why did employment growth – high in the last decade – take place at the expense of young workers in the countries of Central and Southern Europe? This is the question addressed in this paper. Youth unemployment has approached or exceeded 20% despite a variety of factors, common to most EU...
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The unprecedented large scale rural-to-urban migration in China has left many rural children living apart from their … parents. In this study, we examine the impact of parental migration on the nutritional status of young children in rural areas … instrumental variables to account for migration selection. Our results show that parental migration has no significant impact on …
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Interstate migration has decreased steadily since the 1980s. We show that this trend is not primarily related to …
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This paper investigates the role of worker-firm matching algorithms in accounting for early job separation rates. For this purpose, we examine Korea's temporary foreign worker program in which the government classifies firms by priority levels and matches them with foreign workers based on their...
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the UK top 1% income share over the past 20 years can be attributed to migration. …
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Despite the large individual benefits of guest work by the poor in rich countries, agencies charged with global poverty reduction do little to facilitate guest work. This may be because guest work is viewed as a repugnant transaction – one whose harmful side-effects might cause third parties...
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